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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 Fifth Report of Session 2010–11 Volume II Oral and written evidence Additional written evidence is contained in Volume III, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/efracom Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 5 April 2011 HC 671-II Published on 15 April 2011 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £18.50 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated bodies. Current membership Miss Anne McIntosh (Conservative, Thirsk and Malton) (Chair) Tom Blenkinsop (Labour, Middlesborough South and East Cleveland) Thomas Docherty (Labour, Dunfermline and West Fife) Richard Drax, (Conservative, South Dorset) Bill Esterson (Labour, Sefton Central) George Eustice (Conservative, Camborne and Redruth) Barry Gardiner (Labour, Brent North) Mrs Mary Glindon (Labour, North Tyneside) Neil Parish (Conservative, Tiverton and Honiton) Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat, North Cornwall) Amber Rudd (Conservative, Hastings and Rye) Nigel Adams (Conservative, Selby and Ainsty) and Mr David Anderson (Labour, Blaydon) were members of the Committee during this inquiry. Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No. 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publications The reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/efracom Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Richard Cooke (Clerk), Lucy Johnson (Second Clerk), Sarah Coe (Committee Specialist—Environment), Rebecca Ross (Committee Specialist—Agriculture), Clare Genis (Senior Committee Assistant), Jim Lawford and Anna Browning (Committee Assistants), and Hannah Pearce (Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5774; the Committee’s e-mail address is: [email protected]. Media inquiries should be addressed to Hannah Pearce on 020 7219 8430. Witnesses Wednesday 8 December 2010 Page Gareth Morgan, Director of Agricultural Policy, Jenna Hegarty, Agriculture Policy Officer, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB); and Ian Woodhurst, Senior Rural Policy Officer, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Ev 1 George Dunn, Chief Executive Officer and Greg Bliss, National Chairman, Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) Ev 10 Tuesday 11 January 2011 William Worsley, President, and Professor Allan Buckwell, Director of Policy, Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Ev 19 Peter Kendall, President, and Tom Hind, Head of Economics and International Affairs, National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Ev 28 Thursday 13 January 2011 Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner with Responsibility for Agriculture and Rural Development (via video link) Ev 38 Wednesday 19 January 2011 Dr Joan Moss, Principal Agricultural Economist, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and Senior Lecturer, Queen’s University, Belfast Ev 46 Professor Alan Swinbank, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Reading Ev 53 Wednesday 26 January 2011 George Lyon MEP, Rapporteur to the European Parliament report on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 Ev 60 Brian Pack OBE, Chair of the inquiry into Future Support for Agriculture in Scotland (via video link) Ev 69 Tuesday 1 February 2011 John Bridge, Chairman, Tim Bennett, Sector Chair, DairyCo, and Jonathan Tipples, Sector Chair, HGCA (Cereals and Oilseeds), Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) Ev 75 Andrew Opie, Director of Food and Sustainability Policy, British Retail Consortium, and Andrew Kuyk CBE, Director of Sustainability and Competitiveness, Food and Drink Federation Ev 83 Tuesday 8 February 2011 Rt Hon James Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, Department for Environment, food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and Martin Nesbit, EU and International Agriculture, Defra Ev 93 List of printed written evidence 1 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Ev 106 2 Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Ev 108 3 Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) Ev 110 4 Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Ev 114, Ev 116, Ev 118 5 National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Ev 119, Ev 121 6 Dr Joan Moss Ev 123, Ev 127, Ev 151 7 Professor Alan Swinbank Ev 152, Ev 157 8 George Lyon MEP Ev 160 9 Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Ev 160, Ev 162 10 British Retail Consortium (BRC) Ev 164, Ev 166 11 Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Ev 167, Ev 169 12 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Ev 170, Ev 174 List of additional written evidence (published in Volume III on the Committee’s website www.parliament.uk/efracom) 13 Unite the Union Ev w1 14 Valentin Zahrnt Ev w3 15 UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Ev w4 16 Agricultural Christian Fellowship Ev w5 17 The Woodland Trust Ev w6 18 The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers Ev w7 19 The Fairtrade Foundation Ev w9 20 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Ev w11 21 Devon County Council Ev w12 22 CEJA - European Council of Young Farmers Ev w13 23 Dairy UK Ev w16 24 Society of Biology Ev w18 25 National Assembly for Wales Rural Development Sub-Committee Ev w22 26 Rothamsted Research Ev w23 27 The Soil Association Ev w25 28 The Andersons Centre Ev w27 29 Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Assembly Ev w28 30 Welsh Assembly Government Evs w30, w31 31 Scottish Agricultural College Ev w33 32 National Farmers’ Union Scotland Ev w36 33 The Scottish Government Ev w38 34 Farmers’ Union of Wales Ev w39 List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament The reference number of the Government’s response to each Report is printed in brackets after the HC printing number. Session 2010–11 First Report Future Flood and Water Management Legislation HC 522 (HC 922) Second Report The Marine Policy Statement HC 635 The Marine Policy Statement: Government response to the Committee’s Second Report published as an Un-numbered Act Paper on 17 March 2011 Third Report Farming in the Uplands HC 556 Fourth Report The draft National Policy Statement (NPS) on Waste HC 736 Water First Special Report The National Forest: Government response to the HC 400 Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2009–10 Second Special Report Dairy Farmers of Britain: Government response to the HC 401 Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2009–10 cobber Pack: U PL: COE1 [SO] Processed: [07-04-2011 16:43] Job: 009153 Unit: PG01 Source: /MILES/PKU/INPUT/009153/009153_o001_CB_Corrected transcript EFRA 08 12 10.xml Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: Evidence Ev 1 Oral evidence Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on Wednesday 8 December 2010 Members present: Miss Anne McIntosh (Chair) Tom Blenkinsop Mrs Mary Glindon Thomas Docherty Neil Parish George Eustice Dan Rogerson ________________ Examination of Witnesses Witnesses: Gareth Morgan, Director of Agricultural Policy, Jenna Hegarty, Agriculture Policy Officer, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Ian Woodhurst, Senior Rural Policy Officer, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), gave evidence. Q1 Chair: Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. a strong case today that the environment needs to May I first of all welcome you very warmly indeed. I remain at the heart of the CAP and if anything become am going to ask first of all Mr Morgan to introduce stronger within it. himself and his colleague, and then Mr Woodhurst to Ian Woodhurst: I would agree with much of what introduce himself for the record. Gareth has just said. From CPRE’s point of view, we Gareth Morgan: I’m Gareth Morgan and I’m Head recognise that the environment is inextricably linked of Agricultural Policy at the Royal Society for the to the social make-up of rural areas and the economies Protection of Birds. I am accompanied by my of rural areas. The basis of these is the environment colleague Jenna Hegarty, who is one of the and that includes the landscape, and the quality of the Agriculture Policy Officers who works alongside me. landscape is very important for a whole range of rural Ian Woodhurst: I’m Ian Woodhurst; I am the Senior businesses. Obviously from CPRE’s point of view it Rural Policy Officer for the Campaign to Protect is essential to maintain our landscape features. We Rural England. think the best way of doing that is through agri- environment measures. Q2 Chair: If I could just ask each of you a very brief question. I particularly pay tribute to the work of RSPB in my own area and I have been out to see the Q3 Chair: Mr Woodhurst first, in terms of project. It was a particularly wet day but the recreation maintaining the biodiversity of the countryside, and of the wetlands and the contribution that that’s making all the different interest groups that you and we all is obviously very important. Working with the local represent, do you think there is a “one size fits all” farmers, it was a joy to see. If I could ask the RSPB policy or do you think that we need a menu of first and then Mr Woodhurst afterwards, do you think policies? we’re focusing a little bit too much on the Ian Woodhurst: The United Kingdom has had a very environment in this round of reforms; too much on strong track record in delivering those biodiversity the birds and the environment and perhaps not enough benefits, the landscape benefits, in terms of on people and earning a livelihood? Bearing in mind maintaining both habitats and landscape features.
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